The Transit App, an application that provides commuters with real-time transit information on iOS, makes its Transit App API available to developers who may want to integrate the functionality with other applications. The app has already been widely downloaded and received positive customer reviews, and filling the gap that was left when Apple removed transit from its own Maps app, it seems to be a really useful tool for anyone who relies on public transportation and the ability to get accurate and timely travel information.

If healthy eating is about willpower, and all the more so in restaurants, the Foodcare API can fortify your effort. The Foodcare data is all about dining that's tuned to specific dietary requirements. Before looking at the API, it's easiest to understand the power of these tools in how they are organized in its app, called "Everyone Eats." As shown in a handy tutorial, the end user enters their profile into the app.

MapQuest launched another site on top of OpenStreetMap, this time for the United States. With it, came an opportunity to have your directions written in "Santa Speak," something that is also available in MapQuest's Open Directions API, along with several other languages. The new site is MapQuest's largest built with data from the "free wiki world map" and consumes at least one API itself, for showing bugs in OpenStreetMap's database.